al-jazeera. has. a kept out of fear in burundi opposition activists a-q. security forces of intimidation ahead of elections but the government rejects the claims. i'm stan grant the cell jazeera live from doha also coming up with. promises of a national conversation and social change in colombia the final to come protesters who defy you to refuse to keep up the pressure. a chinese national in australia who says he was a spy for beijing turns on his government and reveals details of china's operations

abroad. some of freedom people on the pacific all of the political foes in the hope of independence. could begin in burundi where elections are 6 months away but there are concerns of the security opposition leaders say there's a climate of fear and intimidation against those who are critical of the governing party the u.n. has also issued a warning but the government tells al-jazeera the election will be free and fair catherine sort of reports from burundi's commercial capital virgin birth protected by the neck where you can to cross memories of what happened 4 years ago remain true for this man he tells us his young son was shot by police while on his way to buy bread. riots started in 2015 and pays n.p.r. includes a run for. and warn

a 3rd tom that his opponents say it was unconstitutional street protests a failed coup vigilante like attacks and assassinations threatened to tear the country apart another election is due next year and the be real father says people are still being intimidated by security forces and members of the ruling party you've been called in one at a. number i am talking to you is putting at risk if the police know what i'm talking on my find out until i can be arrested kill. people here have not forgotten buddha's history of war at this ceremony they celebrate men and women who fought in another conflict in the 1990 s. the fighting stopped after an armed opposition group brought president to power he promised civil liberties ethnic cohesion and improving people's livelihoods at the height of the conflict people could not use this word because of them and fighting

president including the other of illusionary craighead from bringing peace and keeping the country relatively stable but now people appear him of abusing the they were right here for almost 2 years ago. for saying. all those things over and. i just have one word they just need to. repent. spreading false and on the brink they're not here to see her and it is not and what evolution and what progress the people have made. some opposition leaders say bru indians have no freedom to express themselves many have been forced into exile and independent media organizations remain shut many people in the administration. just tempering on the constitution and

nothing. they are trying to to say to us peace for only cindy david india and its allies and others are suppressed. this father who lost his son so brutally hopes politics will not drive the country to the edge again catherine sorry al jazeera. president. is a former rebel leader who came to power in 2005 after a civil war 10 years later he won a 3rd term in an election boycotted by the opposition it said he's been violated the constitution which restricted presidents to 2 terms last year voters approved a referendum that would allow him to stay in office until 2034 but says he will not run or said he wouldn't run again the u.n. is concerned about political freedom saying it's dangerous to speak out critically

. at the government protests sweeping across parts of south america demonstrators in colombia have rejected the president's promise of a national conversation and defied a curfew in the capital they concerned about tax increases and a change to the pension system people in chile are demanding economic and social change the interior minister there has made a plea for peace through protests and losing and in bolivia demonstrations that began after allegations of vote tampering have now turned into calls for electoral reform politicians have agreed to hold new elections and talks to resolve the crisis there in a sanchez begins our coverage from the boss was the protests in bolivia are not only confined to the streets but also reached the house of deputies the agreed to pass a bill that paves the way for new elections but it came after a heated debate that so legislators pointing fingers and hurling insults at each other. but some lawmakers they know elections can happen before the

deaths of 32 believe are investigated and hundreds of detained protesters are freed deputy hendrik other data is with exiled president morales is party he said they will go to elections without him it's only there not paul is a leader our president evo morales is our natural leader for 50 percent of bolivians farmers indigenous people workers youngsters now he needs to send a message to pacify the country but the message and legibly from it will morales is the opposite prosecutors opened an investigation for sedition and terrorism after audio of this call emerged. apparently in it when ellis can be heard telling an ally to continue blockades and preventing food from entering the capital. despite this the presidency minister hid his who said deals with mass party members and other marvellous supporters from coca

farmers. minors were reached days ago the name of. them we have already signed agreements on all the demands they are making and we agree to those demands. one of those demands was for the interim government to withdraw decree that gives the military and police the green light to shoot with impunity. as part of the talks the government wants all the world lifted around the country as they have cost of food and fuel shortages. the political uncertainty is the dominant topic for many residents in the new elections will bring change. we will be happy because there will be new candidates we want to new constitution no more corrupt officials a total change. but others say the interim government went too far in the crackdown on the protests and the damage done. there would have been dialogue of people hadn't been killed with people that disappeared timed but above all we cannot have

talks having brothers deed while the interim government hopes new elections will bring calm many this will be enough without 1st making sure those responsible for the deaths of protesters are brought to justice an innocent as i just believe. it has been another day of unrest and demonstrations of people saying no to protest against the government of president to save a spontaneous demonstrations in various parts parts of town throughout the day the main event was happening just a couple of blocks from here and central believe or people have gathered there thousands of people gathered there peacefully when all of a sudden the police decided to move in using tear gas and rubber bullets to

disperse the crowds clashing confrontations continued. even in game people are out. on pots and pans to continue their approach however the mayor announced a curfew in the city starting and 9 pm also the president of columbia. spoke saying that he will start a national conversation next week to try to deal with this rest a while leader of one of the leaders of the opposition was called for a major massive rally he said next monday people are telling us that they feel energized and that they're angry for what they considered a very violent response some parts of the police and say that they want to continue protesting and the coming weeks just as other people have been doing in other

countries across south america for now more than a month. now that the marriage is a lucy and human looks at the situation and joy where politicians have agreed on a road map a coup glued to a new constitution. people are have been particularly angry by an unfortunate comment made by a police general he said and he was referring to. the use of the. case unless rather there was danger imminent danger of life and there are also other types of. worrying a lot of the people even some of the peaceful protests. burned down after. hearing . a similar thing happen even an ambulance was burnt down so there is a kind of

a sense of chaos that the government despite the fact that it says that things are getting better still does not have this country under control by any means a self-confessed chinese spy says he's off with a trove of intelligence information while the chung says he's turned against beijing and reveal the identities of senior chinese military intelligence officers in hong kong has also provided details on how beijing's operatives found and conduct interference operations in hong kong taiwan and australia while he's now seeking asylum and says he could face the death penalty if he returns to china australia's government has not yet indicated whether. these are very disturbing reports the matter is now in the hands of the appropriate law enforcement agencies and so on the. individual cases he's the government.

for the strong measures that we have taken to ensure. that we have foreign interference. in intelligence agencies. never before in every life stand up for a national interest there's a met is a fantasy foreign investment or other related issues mckenzie is an investigative journalist at the ice age and the sydney morning herald he spoke to wall and believes what he said i think it's fair is that it's extremely valuable the world for some time intelligence agencies who are experts at west have written a lot about how they suspect chinese intelligence operates chinese interference operates in devices like a strong hong kong taiwan and elsewhere but they have an insider's account somebody who says this is what i did this is what i saw this is what i heard and this is happy system operates and this is how we undermined the independence movement in hong kong says how election meddled in taiwan is of course extremely valuable we

naive that the chinese government has one of the biggest intelligence apparatus in the world in this case this intelligence operative was working in according to his account of hong kong from company it was that hong kong company now it has links to the chinese military samoa's link so a quite easily publicly found using that cover is a homegrown businessman and he conducted various operations and perhaps one of the more notable operations involved in the kidnapper one of the coup was wary by book shop. this is where 5 booksellers were disappeared rented to the mainland one climb see had personal involvement in the kidnapping of one of these people we conveyed information to the kidnapped tame. just simply one of them fairly stunning revelations he's made to us and to australian authorities. still ahead on al-jazeera why hong kong is lockable lections on sunday being seen as

a test for its chief executive. washer like his temples and worried about the future that's the country is in new leaders. how i once again we got rather messy picture across north asia at the moment with a platter of rain streaming through has seen some very heavy rainfall recently nearly a month's worth of rain coming down in 24 hours 79 millimeters of the wet weather making its way through here clear skies coming behind for a time but it is a very mobile pitcher and this next system will start to push its way in from the west as we go on through the next day. some snow that just around the northeast of china pushing up towards the fall north of japan southern areas of japan seeing cloud and rank usually very wet as we go through sunday that illustrates father reese woods some that wet weather coming in across western parts of holland she

went further north you can see it there but the snow just piling in here temperatures behind really well plunge in beijing will be struggling to get to around 3 degrees celsius further south a little more cloud into central and southern parts of china for a time somewhat to whether they're over towards chong day into the southeast would lie by the more sunshine $28.00 celsius there in hong kong i have the next couple days but that cloud will slide a little further southwards and a swiss with the rain tending to peter out in the process across southeast asia well the usual rash of heavy showers with some big down poles for a good part of borneo. what was the last thing the president said to you about impeachment when you last spoke to him for i. think it's not about you. damning allegations that were only years ago how worried are you that the conditions are

still right for another i think they are right join me maddi house and as i put it up from questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on al-jazeera. and you're watching al-jazeera here top stories this. presidential election is still 6 months away but there are concerns of the security opposition leaders cited as a climate of fear and intimidation against those who criticize the governing party . protesters in colombia rejecting the president's promise of a national conversation that defied

a curfew in the capital they concerned about tax increases that change to the pension system. and fish chinese spy you know strike here says he's offered a trove of intelligence wrongly chung's says he turned against beijing and provided details of how it funds and conducts political interference operations in hong kong taiwan. landslides in western kenya have killed at least 24 people they hit several remote villages in the county of west pocket after heavy rains rescue efforts being put on hold because bridges and roads have been washed away more than 30 people are missing iraq's parliament is preparing to discuss a new electoral reform bill politicians are having this protests that have been raging for weeks protesters are demanding an overhaul of the power sharing political system on friday security forces opened fire on demonstrators at least 4 people are reported dead but the government denies that there is anger over

corruption high unemployment and poor public services. is in baghdad. we are told that an agenda has not actually been agreed upon as to what will be discussed today and leading up to today it was expected actually it had been announced that parliament was going to do its 2nd reading and i said let's hold a long walk today and that that would set the path for potentially a vote on this electoral reform law that's been much discussed in the next few days but now it's unclear if that actually is going to happen frankly that's not really that surprising because often times in the past couple of weeks parliament has said it's going to take up issues that it hasn't for one reason or another another reason it gets confusing is because even though there's been a lot of talk about this electoral reform law it's still quite vague as to what exactly it will entails other than potentially making the electoral commission here more representative of the population as a whole all that being said though when you speak to the the people that continue

to come out day after day to talk to your square which where we are which is the epicenter of the anti-government demonstrations here in baghdad they say that they don't trust the parliament is actually going to make these reforms even if they pass a law they don't believe that these reforms are going to make a difference to them they do not believe the parliament is taking their demands seriously and they say they want more than just electoral reform they don't know exactly what electoral reform means they want a complete overhaul of the political system here in iraq and that's going to take much more than just electoral reforms japan and south korea have agreed to hold a summit next month in malaysia son of improving diplomatic relations the talks will focus on japanese atrocities you inflicted on koreans during the 2nd world war it's a longstanding issue that has put a strain on the 2 tundras relations south korea extended an intelligence pact with japan on friday and tokyo responded by agreeing to resume try talks. hong kong used to hold local elections on sunday after 6 months of on wrists this seems

a test for chief executive terry lam some of the most violent confrontations between police and protesters happened last week and with businesses choosing sides the demonstrations are having a big impact on the economy robert broad reports. this elections not only a battle at the ballot box but also with the cash registers in this polarized society months of unrest have changed how people spend. this restaurant is a so-called yellow ribbon business opposed to the government and at lunch times it's overflowing with pro-democracy customers. this chain of tea shops also publicizes its pro-democracy views giving people the chance to express them as with each visit student kyle learn only spends his money in places that support the protest movement my friends are very aware of restaurants we go through we shall we

go to yeah but yes we we're very conscious about that i'm not quite sure about it in fact but we're trying to do what we can do at the moment you know just to help with the situation to like express our demands in this highly charged atmosphere expressing your political views can invite attack. under much has been directed against businesses with links to mainland china. so-called blue ribbon businesses those that are seen as supporting the government or the police have borne the brunt of protesters and the promise stablished one camp says it's contributed to hong kong slipping into recession and that the slump will continue as long as the unrest goes on. campaigning to keep his seat as a pro establishment district councillor come on fung has experienced that anger 1st hand. his party's office has been ransacked. and he wears

a stab proof vest below his shirt where he's campaigning really sad because just about 6 months ago it was our 1st save city you know the economic was very good but we still have good. but nowadays people lost all their hopes we just don't know how the next step we don't know how to stop the violence how to stop the camping. whatever the results of sunday's election the underlying causes of hong kong's unrest a likely to remain and businesses will have to navigate through any economic fallout public prize al-jazeera hong kong. the us start to puppet has released records related to its dealings with ukraine the nearly $100.00 page document was made public after a lawsuit by and watched it confirms multiple contacts between secretary of state.

and donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani earlier this year it also supports testimony at the impeachment inquiry that senior officials were in the loop on if it's to press you crying into investigating trump's rival john button. if there was no due process you can't have lawyers we couldn't have any witnesses we want to call the whistleblower but you know i want is the 1st witness because frankly i want to trial you know i could take i could have it you want to try whatever you want oh i would let you look number one they should never ever impeached. turkey's government is offering a $700000.00 reward for the capture of an exiled palestinian leader it says was involved in a failed to back in $26.00 doing ankara has placed on its most wanted list it accuses him of being linked to where you are a spy network and channeling funds to the other will give honest movement to it he

believes that group was behind the coup attempt many of sri lanka's minority tamils are worried about the future the new president got a bar rajapaksa led the military operations that crossed the armed tamil separatist movement in the last decade tens of thousands of tamils were killed or disappeared during the 26 years civil war byrne and smith family members of some of the victims . killing archie the former capitalist for lanka's tamil separatists is sometimes called the land of the missing. their relatives fear it's a name that will never be shaken off now gotta buy rajapaksa is in power and the moment their. son and daughter in law were taken away by the army the day after the war ended 10 years ago and they were they ever got a buyer has said that our children are at least they have not come to us and where are they i'm asking about my children who i handed over to them they did not just go missing 20000 people mostly tamils estimated missing since the civil war no one

has ever been held accountable for the disappearances new president got or by rajapaksa his defense secretary towards the end of the war with his brother mahinda as president then they defeated the tamil tiger fighters who wanted to create an independent tamil state and the un estimates 40000 sure lankans were killed in the last few months of fighting because the government disputes and the un says both sides committed war crimes. my daughter went missing there was heavy shelling and we separated and i have never seen again i tried to stay strong for my other children but when they're not in the house i create thinking about my daughter i wanted to come back i know they have her just give it to me the government has set up with office for missing persons which is investigating 15000 cases but none has been resolved got

a buyer rajapaksa says the priorities for people in the north and east are development education and jobs on the family still looking for their loved ones the new president says when they go to war people go missing. people in the pacific island of bergenfield are voting in a referendum to decide whether to become independent from popular new guineans crowds march through the streets celebrating the start of the long awaited vote if they choose independence bogan bill could become the world's newest country. sorry all b.s. that people don't know the point of celebration by joining them very much they have every right to celebrate because this is a. full cost of all the beginning of good things to come if we collaborate and what. trust god that's. something that both parties have. to. well the referendum is the culmination of a long peace process and being

a decade long civil war that killed thousands of faithful little advance reports from port moresby. rugby his lucky religion jackie joseph is running a training session with teenagers and at the same time educating them on issues like violence against women she's returned to her homeland to wook after fleeing the country with her parents during the island's devastating civil war i think it's been quite a journey growing up as a child and being able to to be where i am today the conflict centered around pan guna a huge copa and gold mine many locals filch their resources will being exploited. unrest and subsequent fighting between the bogan feel revolutionary army and p. and g. forces led to a full blown war an estimated 20000 people were killed and it's quite hard to

structure it because. of course we have crippled our nation i'm in a province where it was shut down for premier for the wrong reasons but it's. time to create. the healing as part of the peace agreement bogan billions were promised the opportunity to vote for independence all for greater autonomy from p. and g. 20 years later they getting that chance. we are preparing for a number and that's why we are holding our polls will stay open for a fortnight to ensure those in remote villages have a say with the results expected in december there's been a massive investments in terms of awareness raising. the expectations of the voters be managed. the standing of the process because it comes at

a time when china is increasing its presence in the south pacific while next door in indonesia west pulp was independence movement has led to deadly protests we have many similar situations around me where. being marginalized by corporate giants coming in and people can see oppression in some book while many are expecting an overwhelming void for independence what that will look like in terms of building an economy and breaking away from any isn't entirely clear yet another step beforehand story will take place here in paintings powerman where the government will need to approve any outcome reaching mineral wealth and you see this may not be a region guinea we want to easily lose gauge 0. thousands of students in india's capital are again protesting against the high cost of campus

housing students a. university have been demanding a rollback of fees for $2.00 weeks on monday around $100.00 students were detained during a march towards parliament the demonstrators say the fee increase will make education inaccessible to the entrepreneur. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. presidential election is 6 months away but there are concerns over security opposition leaders side is a climate of fear and intimidation against those who criticize the governing party protesters in colombia rejecting the president's promise of a national conversation and have defied a curfew in the capital they concerned about tax increases at a change to the pension system. a self-confessed chinese spy you know he's offered a trove of intelligence information wong says he's turned against beijing he

provided details of how it funds and conduct political interference operations in hong kong taiwan and astride a stranger's government has not indicated whether it will grant him asylum well these are very disturbing reports the matter is now in the hands of the appropriate law enforcement agencies and so wouldn't comment on the particulars of individual cases but what i would say that the government makes no apologies for the strong measures that we have taken to ensure. that we have foreign interference rules in place that we have brazil seeing now law enforcement intelligence agencies like never before and that will always stand up for our national interest with some matters of foreign policy foreign investment or other related issues iraq's parliament is prepared to discuss a new electoral reform bill politicians are hoping this will calm protests that have been raging for weeks protesters demanding an overhaul of the power sharing

political system there's anger over corruption high unemployment and poor public services japan and south korea have agreed to hold a summit next month in the latest sign of improving diplomatic relations the talks will focus on japanese atrocities afflicted on koreans during 2nd world war it's a longstanding issue that has put a strain on the 2 countries relations people in the pacific island a bargain villa voting in a referendum to decide whether to become independent from pop when you get it crowds march through the streets celebrating the start of the long awaited vote if they choose independence bogan bill could become the world's newest country those are the headlines a news continues here on our after inside story. a

new wave of anger in georgia protesters say the government has broken its promise of democratic reform so could this turn into yet another crisis in this former soviet republic and are outside forces involved this is inside story. welcome to the program he had seen almost 3 decades after georgia gained its independence protesters say free and fair elections so on soloed demonstrations broke out in the capital of tbilisi this week after the government failed to keep its promise.